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Against Elections: The Case for Democracy
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Whenever there are elections, the results are the same: fear-mongering, division and broken promises. Against Elections offers a new diagnosis – and an ancient remedy.’Excellent . . . Why does our system keep electing people whose incomes, assets, interests and psychology are hugely at variance with ours? Because that is what it is designed to do’ George Monbiot, Guardian’Very persuasive . . . invigorating’ Daniel Finkelstein, The TimesAs this ingenious book shows, the original purpose of elections was not democracy: it was to exclude the people from power by appointing an elite to govern over them.In fact, for most of its 3000-year history, democracy did not involve elections at all: members of the public were appointed to positions in government through a combination of volunteering and lottery.Based on studies and trials from around the globe, this hugely influential manifesto presents the practical case for a true democracy – one that actually works.Urgent, heretical and completely convincing, Against Elections leaves only one question to be answered: what are we waiting for?’Riveting’ Irish Examiner’Persuasive’ Financial Times’A convincing case’ Observer
Additional information
| Weight | 0.209 kg |
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| Dimensions | 1.5 × 13.3 × 21.5 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 208 |
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| Year Published | 2016-7-7 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 1847924220 |
| About The Author | David Van Reybrouck (Author) David Van Reybrouck is the author of Congo: The Epic History of a People, which won twenty prizes, sold over half a million copies and has been translated into a dozen languages. His book Against Elections has been translated into more than twenty languages and has led to the trial use of participatory democracy in numerous countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain. His plays Mission and Para have been performed across Europe, and his novel Zinc won the European Book Prize 2017. Revolusi was first published in the Netherlands, where it was a major bestseller. David Van Reybrouck has been described as 'one of the leading intellectuals in Europe' (Der Tagesspiegel) and 'one of the most brilliant European intellectuals of the moment' (Le Soir). He is Belgian, writes in Dutch and is based in Brussels. |
| Review Quote | Excellent . . . Why does our system keep electing people whose incomes, assets, interests and psychology are hugely at variance with ours? Because that is what it is designed to do |
| Other text | Very persuasive … There are few new big ideas in politics and few answers to the serious challenge faced by democratic politics … invigorating and advance[s] a promising practical idea … fresh, challenging and uncomplicated |
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